07-14-2009, 11:03 PM
Made it to Stock Car Steel today. Bought 10ft 2"x.250 DOM for lower link material and 40ft 1.75"x.120 DOM.
I mocked up one lower at 60" oal like I had designed in the 4 link calculator from Pirate4x4. I just used a piece of the 1.75" DOM to sub for an upper at 42" oal. As you can see from the pics, I'm either going to push the front out a couple more inches or shorten the lowers to get the mount at the center of the chassis. Also you can see the cab mount is going to go by-by.
A little bit of early Bronco trivia, over all frame length is +/- 151". The center of the chassis happens to line up with the rear yoke with a V8/C4/D20.
Another note, the mid '80's king pin axle has a shorter drivers side axle. Doesn't leave a lot of room for a shock. I may be able to squeeze one in at the spring pad. If not I may look into mounting it to the upper arms. That will require some stout tubing. Thus why I subbed the .120 wall for mock up.
On another good note, I finished a few details on my bending machine. I even bent my first piece of tube to calibrate the Bend Pro software. Now to go to work putting the front X-member on a diet.
I mocked up one lower at 60" oal like I had designed in the 4 link calculator from Pirate4x4. I just used a piece of the 1.75" DOM to sub for an upper at 42" oal. As you can see from the pics, I'm either going to push the front out a couple more inches or shorten the lowers to get the mount at the center of the chassis. Also you can see the cab mount is going to go by-by.
A little bit of early Bronco trivia, over all frame length is +/- 151". The center of the chassis happens to line up with the rear yoke with a V8/C4/D20.
Another note, the mid '80's king pin axle has a shorter drivers side axle. Doesn't leave a lot of room for a shock. I may be able to squeeze one in at the spring pad. If not I may look into mounting it to the upper arms. That will require some stout tubing. Thus why I subbed the .120 wall for mock up.
On another good note, I finished a few details on my bending machine. I even bent my first piece of tube to calibrate the Bend Pro software. Now to go to work putting the front X-member on a diet.
'72 TBA...